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Gerolamo Frigimelica Roberti (10 January 1653 - 15 November 1732) was an Italian architect, librettist, and poet.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
, Exhibition: ''The Triumph of Baroque Architecture in Europe: 1600-1750''. Also important to Frigimelica was his work as a librettist for opera. His first 11 texts were written for the
Gerolamo Frigimelica Roberti (10 January 1653 - 15 November 1732) was an Italian architect, librettist, and poet.
Biography
Born inPadua
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to a father who had married into the noble Robert family, thus gaining a title of Count for his son. Gerolamo acquired a broad humanist education and from 1691 to 1720 was curator of the public library of Padua and admitted as member to its ''Accademia galileiana di scienze, lettere ed arti'' or ''Accademia dei Ricovrati''.
In 1721, he moved to Modena
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. He was now active mainly as an architect, designing palaces and churches in Padua, Vicenza
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Vicenza is a th ...
, and Modena. He worked on the ''Cappella del Santissimo'' at the Basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova
The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua ( it, Basilica Pontificia di Sant'Antonio di Padova) is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Padua, Veneto, Northern Italy, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua.
Although the basilica is visit ...
and made designs for the churches of Santa Maria del Torresino and Santa Lucia
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at Padua. He also made designs for the church of San Gaetano in Vicenza, and the palaces Mussato and Buzzacarini in Padua; and the enlargement for the Palazzo Pisani a San Stefano
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in Venice.
He is known for having produced an initial plan in 1716 for Villa Pisani at Stra, however, the densely detailed design, with a central pavilion cramped with columns, was rejected by the patron Alvise Pisani
Alvise Pisani (1 January 1664 in Venice – 17 June 1741 in Venice) was the 114th Doge of Venice, serving from 17 January 1735 until his death. Born as a member of Pisani family, he was a career diplomat prior to his election, serving as Ven ...
. The design for the central pavilion seemed more apt for a Venetian Palazzo. Instead a more sober, Neoclassical design was adopted after his death by Francesco Maria Preti
Francesco Maria Preti (1701-1774) was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque period. He was born in Castelfranco Veneto near Treviso. He trained in the University of Brescia, and returned to rebuild ''Santa Maria Assunta e San Liberale'', the ca ...
., Exhibition: ''The Triumph of Baroque Architecture in Europe: 1600-1750''. Also important to Frigimelica was his work as a librettist for opera. His first 11 texts were written for the
Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo
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of Venice, and set to music between 1694 and 1708 by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Alessandro Scarlatti
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera.
...
, Antonio Caldara, and Luigi Mancia
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. Later works were produced mainly for the Teatro Obizzi
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of Padua.
He worked in a style of opera seria
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similar to Apostolo Zeno
Apostolo Zeno (11 December 1668 in Venice – 11 November 1750 in Venice) was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters.
Early life
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, Francesco Silvani
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, and Adriano Morselli. His libretti consisted of five acts and were about historic and mythologic subjects, and were called tragedies or tragic-comedies. he also wrote the text for seven musical oratorios, performed between 1697 and 1702. He died in Modena.
His relationship to Antonio Frigimelica Roberti, an 18th-century academic, or Francesco Frigimelica
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il Vecchio, a painter, is unclear.
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